{"id":57340,"date":"2026-07-19T07:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/57340\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T07:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:38:17","slug":"porsche-cayenne-electric-curved-touchscreen-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/57340\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche Cayenne Electric Curved Touchscreen: How Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In-car touchscreens get a lot of wrath, much of it deserved. There\u2019s been heavy backlash against the Tesla-led consolidation of all functions behind touchscreen menus and their cousins, haptic buttons. And automakers are taking notice. Even Volkswagen\u2019s CEO came out against<\/a> touchscreen menus in certain applications, saying: “I don’t understand why anybody would have [touch-sensitive] sliders.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

So naturally, I was skeptical of the Porsche Cayenne Electric\u2019s<\/a> giant, folded central touchscreen. Could putting a simple, 45-degree bend in a screen really make it easier to use, or more intuitive?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was wrong, folks. There is a better way to do an in-car touchscreen, and this is it.<\/p>\n

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See, the problem with a Tesla-style tablet plopped in the middle of a dashboard isn\u2019t so much the fact that it\u2019s a touchscreen; rather, it\u2019s that it\u2019s a poorly-designed experience. The slab of touch-capacitive glass sits at a uniform angle to the driver, giving no intuitive thought or layout to which functions the driver might need to access on the go. Touching anything requires unnaturally craning your elbow or wrist and taking your eyes off the road\u2014all while squinting at the screen because of glare.<\/p>\n

The Cayenne Electric\u2019s curved touchscreen solves many of these problems. Its curved design means the things you need to touch the most\u2014climate controls, music selection, quick settings adjustments, and routing options\u2014are always in the easiest spot to reach. The built-in wrist rest means those controls fall easily to hand. And the upper part of the screen still shows your maps in the spot they\u2019re easiest to see (along with the driver\u2019s cluster and head-up display).<\/p>\n

The interface itself is Android-based, with native Google Maps, and it\u2019s intuitive enough to use. The Cayenne\u2019s center console armrest scoots back and forth, so you can rest your elbow on it for an even easier reach.<\/p>\n

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Photo by: Porsche<\/p>\n

This approach isn\u2019t without flaws. I wish there were actual buttons for turning on the heated seats or defrosting the windshield, rather than touch-capacitive ones. But given the myriad of features, drive modes, and settings Porsche built into this car, I don\u2019t see how it could\u2019ve avoided putting some of them behind a touchscreen. Thankfully, there are still rockers for climate temperature and fan speed, as well as a volume roller and hard buttons on the steering wheel.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m cautiously optimistic about interfaces like this, along with BMW\u2019s pillar-to-pillar Panoramic Vision display<\/a>, which embrace technology while focusing on ease of use. The era of bigger-for-its-own-sake may finally be over when it comes to in-car screens.<\/p>\n

When the last grafted-on dashboard tablet goes the way of the carphone in favor of smarter touchscreens like this, I will say: Good riddance.<\/p>\n

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